Memorials of the Ministry of Gv Wigram Author:George V. Wigram General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1881 Original Publisher: W.H. Broom Subjects: Plymouth Brethren Theology Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / History Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Theology Notes... more »: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PART THIRD. EARLIER MINISTRY, CONTINUED. LECTURES DELIVERED IN 1854. EARLIER MINISTRY. CONTINUED. THE TRANSFIGURATION". Matthew xvii. We get different views of the transfiguration according to the position from which we look at it. Looking at it from outside, as it were, we have to notice that it took place in the time of Christ's humiliation, at the time man was in weakness. The drift and scope of it will not be understood if that is not seen. It points to the earth's great Sabbath, and comes in as the last thought of redemption. God puts things in the hands of the Lord Jesus, and where the vessel (Israel) is not in a state to hold or retain the glory, Christ can hold it in the millennium ; so when Christ was a man on earth, though there were none to understand Him, and He had to trace out His path all alone, He fully shewed forth the glory of God. It is true that a certain holiday has to be spent on the earth in the millennial time. There will be shown amongst Israel the divine glory in Christ, and the whole earth will be the witness of it. Israel maynot be able to hold it, but there it will be displayed. The transfiguration just points out the character of that holiday, and it makes a direct appeal to the hearts of the children of God as to their feelings about it. The difference between a well-taught Christian and one little instructed ab...« less